It’s tempting to see more data as the solution to everything. Yet, a lot of data creates a high-dimensional space where all the points are really far apart(aka

It’s tempting to see more data as the solution to everything. Yet, a lot of data creates a high-dimensional space where all the points are really far apart(aka the curse of dimensionality). That’s one of the reasons genome-wide association studies are often frowned upon. With many genetic variants making a tiny contribution to a disease it’s challenging to find the cause.